June 7, 2018 By Tara Law Forest Hills Italian restaurant Tazzina, which is owned by “Chopped” winner Jason Zukas, will close on June 30. The restaurant announced the impending closure via a Facebook post Wednesday, saying that slow business, “huge problems with the landlord,” and a changing neighborhood had contributed to the decision to shut… Read more »
June 4, 2018 By Tara Law The owner of a HVAC company spiked a family’s air conditioning unit with mercury after they pestered him about problems with their system, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office. Yuriy Kruk, 48, a Rego Park resident and the owner of A+ HVAC, was hired by Jamaica Estates homeowner Roman Pinkhasov… Read more »
June 4, 2018 By Tara Law Colorful contemporary works of art are transforming Queens Parks into open air galleries for a limited time. NYC Parks is currently in the process of installing three pieces of art in Queens Parks. Two works of art have already been put in place at Lewis H. Latimer House and… Read more »
June 1, 2018 By Tara Law Councilmember Karen Koslowitz is opposed to the implementation of the Queens Boulevard redesign between Yellowstone Boulevard and Union Turnpike because too many parking spaces would be eliminated, a spokesperson for her office said Thursday. The Department of Transportation is gearing up to install the fourth and final phase of the… Read more »
May 31, 2018 By Tara Law The NYC Department of Transportation will install protected bicycle lanes and an array of safety improvements along the Forest Hills/Kew Gardens section of Queens Boulevard this year— with or without the approval of Community Board 6. The fourth and final phase of the controversial Queens Boulevard redesign project—which will… Read more »
May 29, 2018 By Tara Law A medical marijuana dispensary will open in the heart of Forest Hills early this summer. Curaleaf dispensary will offer “pharmaceutical-quality cannabis treatments” at 107-18 70 Rd, the former location of Santa Fe Steakhouse. The cannabis is intended to treat patients from across the city who suffer from illnesses such… Read more »
May 29, 2018 By Tara Law A man riding between two subway cars died after falling onto the tracks near the 63rd Drive- Rego Park station around 5 a.m. this morning. The man fell from the Manhattan-bound E train and was run over as the train was pulling into the subway station, police say. Emergency… Read more »
May 28, 2018 By Christian Murray The police are looking for two men who were doing back flips on an “E” train while it was traveling through Queens, before getting into a dispute with a passenger and punching the victim in the mouth. The two suspects were doing a back flip performance on the Manhattan-bound… Read more »
May 24, 2018 By Tara Law Forest Hills will honor the country’s fallen service members in a Memorial Day parade this Sunday. The parade, which is being organized by the American Legion Continental Post 1424 of Forest Hills, will run along Metropolitan Avenue between Ascan Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard. The parade will begin at noon… Read more »
May 23, 2018 By Tara Law A man was struck by a Long Island Railroad train and killed at the Kew Gardens station shortly before noon today. Fire Press confirmed that the man was declared dead by emergency responders at around 11:49 a.m. Police said that they could not confirm the man’s age, or whether… Read more »